acklam show no signs of letting up at the top of Durham and Northumberland 2 as they stormed to a 92-17 win over Medicals.

The chasing pack also won, but Acklam are clearly in the mood to tell their rivals 'catch us if you can'.

They lead the table by three points from Hartlepool, who won 67-30 at bottom club Blyth, Gareth Foreman scoring 35 points from five tries and five conversions.

Even the referee was confused at the score by the end of Acklam's largely one-side game.

It was a magnificent display with six tries to winger Steve Wallace and four to back row man, Shaun Cassidy.

Both were far too hot for Medicals to handle.

In fairness, Medicals exposed Acklam's defence several times in the first half and the alarm bells rang on a couple of occasions.

Matt Joll, Rob Daking and Nick Lewis all scored tries for the Durham outfit with Mark Pearsall grabbing a conversion.

But the day belonged to Acklam. They looked drilled and very fit and piled on the pressure in the second half.

To supplement the Wallace and Cassidy scores, Gavin Kendall, Tom McGrath, Paul Coxon and Ian Bircham all crossed, along with Bircham, who also had his kicking boots on, converting eleven of the tries.

But man of the match was Cassidy, not just for his twenty points, but also his huge work rate in the loose which kept his side's tempo high.

In the same division GUISBOROUGH lost 25-14 at third placed Houghton, to remain too close for comfort to the foot of the table.

In the First Division BILLINGHAM'S home game with Durham was postponed, as was MIDDLESBROUGH'S home North Division One clash with Aspatria.

There were mixed results for the region's side's in North 2 East, Redcar winning, but Stockton losing.

REDCAR had difficulty getting the better of bottom side Bridlington, who held out until the second half on a wet Redcar pitch.

But after the break Redcar - who lost flanker Ronnie Stocks with an ankle injury - took control.

With the wind now at their backs the home side soon scored, Martin Challenor going over following a kick down the flank from Glen Ransome.

Steve Bryce converted, then added a penalty from in front of the posts, after Ranson suffered a head injury.

The disruptions to the side didn't help Redcar, but they still controlled play, and No 8 Mark Poulson powered over from a scrum. Again Bryce converted to complete a 17-0 win against a side that has now lost 13 times this season.